Ex Parte MEAD - Page 1




                                   The opinion in support of the decision being entered                                   
                                         today was not written for publication and                                        
                                          is not binding precedent of the Board.                                          

                                                                                      Paper No. 19                        
                                                                                                                         
                               UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE                                                  
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                                   BEFORE THE BOARD OF PATENT APPEALS                                                     
                                                AND INTERFERENCES                                                         
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                                             Ex parte DONALD C. MEAD                                                      
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                                                Appeal No. 2000-1501                                                      
                                              Application No. 08/745,587                                                  
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                                                       ON BRIEF                                                           
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              Before KRASS, FLEMING and LALL,  Administrative Patent Judges.                                              
              KRASS, Administrative Patent Judge.                                                                         

                                                DECISION ON APPEAL                                                        

                     This is a decision on appeal from the final rejection of claims 1-13, all of the                     
              pending claims.                                                                                             
                     The invention is directed to the transmission of information with digital signal                     
              processing.  Signals representing aural or visual communications are encoded and                            





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